Smith versus Wellesley versus McGill

mardou_fox
Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:38:21 +0000

Thank you all for your time and information!
Since I can’t count on W right now, I’m deciding between M and S.

Most likely I’ll put my deposit down for Smith. I love McGill also, but I’d rather err on the side of going to a smaller, closer, more intimate LAC than to a huge university several hours away with less handholding.

Also, I’m a little intimidated by rumors of grade deflation and unhelpful advisors at McGill. I’m not trying to say that Smith won’t be challenging, but it’s a little less likely that I’ll slip through the cracks there. If I feel like a big Mardoufish in a little Smithpond, I can always transfer to McGill or consider it for grad school.

Living in MA has my perspective a little skewed – is Smith known or respected outside the Northeast? I had to explain what it was to my Southern relatives who hold Texas A&M College Station up as the very image of perfection.